Wage increases for German workers should be limited to 3 percent this year to avoid the risk of causing an inflation spiral, Michael Huether , head of the IW economic institute, was quoted as saying by Boersen-Zeitung.

Michael Huether, head of Germany’s IW economic institute, said the European Union should help rescue Spain’s banks rather than forcing the entire country to seek a bailout, Die Welt reported, citing an interview.

Michael Huether, the German economist and head of the IW economic institute, said eurozone governments may have to force Greece to exit the common currency unless the country adheres to its austerity promises, Bild-Zeitung reported.

The euro region’s sovereign debt crisis will ease next year and the common currency will still be around in five years after leaders earlier this month agreed to have their budgets monitored more closely, Michael Huether, head of the business-sponsored IW economic institute, told WirtschaftsWoche magazine.

Germany’s IW institute will raise its national growth forecast as an “astoundingly robust” economy seems to be “disconnected” from the rest of Europe, Director Michael Huether was cited as saying by Euro am Sonntag.